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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1894
Page
3
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Brief notes report the Maryland Division League of American Wheelmen annual meet to be held in Baltimore on June 17 and 18. Other items note Army militia arms funding, livestock and grain prices, local fish catches, business failures, and community events including Y M C A meetings and a hospital update on Dora J Michael after surgery.
At 415 o'clock Sunday afternoon J B Chamberlain reported a man stricken on Lover's lane near the Elverton glace and asked police to fetch a physician. The stricken man was found dead upon arrival. Identified as A Preston Dunlap an old Georgetown resident and War Department employee, he was active in bicycle advocacy with the League of American Wheelmen. His wife was away. body sent to station then to undertaker Gawler. He was uncle to A Gregg Miller of Frederick and had many local friends.
A reporter learns that traveling salesmen often receive and execute errands for customers and friends during trips. Men carry posted memoranda to buy shoes pay taxes deposit money and sell large quantities of timber. Such commissions are promptly and politely fulfilled, earning reciprocal favors on return journeys.
Prof A S Boyd delivered a memory culture lecture to the Evangelical Lutheran Chapel audience last evening. The talk closed a Federick series noted for instruction, with testimonials from former pupils praising his method and a demonstration of recalling a list of twenty words.
A German visitor came to John Kuhn at the local brewery and offered to invest, agreeing to take on a partner and expand the business. He toured the plant, spent freely, and promised to return with the matter settled, but has since vanished from the city.
The city reservoir reaches about seven feet depth after a supply release yesterday and today, with plans to restore service tonight. A close check finds no major leakage loss yet, the Board of Aldermen optimistic about a top quality reservoir. Lane Brothers stock has been shipped and workers paid off. Mr Lane plans to travel to Petersburg this evening.
The parlor house in Adamstown was destroyed by fire early yesterday. Fire originated in the wash house and spread to the roof before a neighbor alerted residents. The family saved most belongings but a servant’s bicycle owned by Mazier Guy Motter was lost.
Richard Zepp from Randolph Montgomery county, a Baltimore and Ohio detective, was killed protecting company property during a riot in Chicago. He led fifty detectives at Union Depot when ordered to lose their guns. a shooter fired through a window, killing him instantly. Amos Bell and Susan Frances Quinn noted in the report.
A wedding on Mulberry Street at W. Kitecofe’s home interrupted by a large yellow dog in a bedroom, rabies rumor, and neighbors peering in. The dog proved to be a family pet, a black rat terrier, prompting cautious cheers and a calm ending.
News of the State recounts incidents from across Maryland. James H Cadden of Barton died after a buggy overturn. Evans Fught of Washington drowned at Great Falls. Ocean mine near Frostburg resumes work. Bancroft cruiser sails from Annapolis with sixty two cadets. Annapolis tax rate fixed at eighty cents. City officers reelected. Thomas Hallowell injured in altercation with a colored man. G W Morningstar injured in runaway at sister’s home. Two prisoners escaped liquor law violation. recaptured at Crisfeld rose up.
An early fall benefit performance of the Mikado will be staged by a local group at City Opera House in September to aid the Home for the Aged. A July 12 meeting at City Hall will organize the project and confirm arrangements for the event. The show will feature local talent and aims to attract public support.
A general meeting of all committees of the Francis Scott Key monument fund movement will occur Thursday at 8 o'clock in F.C.M.C.A. rooms to plan the public entertainment and the Monday Opera House event on July 16. The Philharmonic Orchestra also holds a meeting Friday at 8 o'clock to rehearse for the Monday City Opera House gathering. all members are urged to attend.
The School Teachers Association of Maryland begins its three day meeting in Annapolis with a program blending business and pleasure. Frederick county teachers travel to attend, including E. L. Boblitz and M. M. Robinson who will participate in discussions of key topics.
Mr George W Morningstar and his daughter were in a funeral procession near Union Bridge when the horse ran away. The reins broke as he tried to steer clear of carriages, throwing him to the ground with severe bruises and cuts. Morningstar’s daughter Miss Morningstar jumped from the bogey and escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
William Alvey, B and O general passenger agent, reported a theft at a depot in Washington. A small alligator traveling bag containing trousers vanished while he briefly left the satchel. A detective traced the bag to a pawn shop where a colored man sold it for 1.30.
Local wheelmen dispute a claim that cyclist Sims rode 11 miles in 22 minutes from Woolsboro to Frederick last week. Observers say sustaining that pace for eleven miles without a break is impossible.
Nosh E Cromer real estate broker Joan and insurer sold Catharine Lorentz’s brick dwelling on West Third Street Frederics to Glenn Worthington yesterday for 2550 dollars.
Dr HLF Ge zendenner, resident physician at the Baltimore Unal verely Hospital on North Bond Street, Baltimore, has resigned to take effect on the 27th instant. He was appointed on day L.
Bg Wheatfields, Mr. Edw. Chisweil of Dickerson Station shows harvests from 30 acres at 48 bushels per acre, 25 acres at 25 bushels per acre, and 40 acres at 23 bushels per acre.
The harvest is finished with little wheat left, oats ripening for soon cutting, and bay still to be made. An open air Salvation Army meeting will be tonight at Patrick and Bentz streets corner, with an indoor session at 8 p.m. Also a health ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla to help you get well or stay well.
A sketch notes All Saints as Maryland’s first Episcopal church, tracing its origins, parish divisions, and 18th century growth. It cites Acts of 1692, 1747 building acts, 1760s parish realignments, and the 1814 demolition of the original brick edifice with bricks reused for Court Street chapel. It recounts early confirmations in 1793 and a remote, decaying churchyard with a historic graveyard still cared for.
A very good game of ball between the Adamstown and Brunswick clubs at Brunswick on the Fourth ended with Brunswick winning 10 to 9. Adamstown led until the seventh inning when Fisher and Grove errors allowed Brunswick two runs. League scores: Adamstown 9, Brunswick 10. Frederick 9, Point of Rocks 0. Jefferson 21, Burkittsville 23. Other notes include disbanded teams, Rockville trip expenses dispute, and a Paris Blues versus Academies game won by Paris Blues.
Midweek completion of a new cold storage and ice machine at the brewery enables an initial 500 pounds per day with plan to reach 1,000 pounds. Remington Machine Co. built the plant. engine room overseen by Frank Gradwohl. Dr. Charles Laverce supervises the project and assists at Hygeia Ice Factory. John Kuhn willsump up brewing operations with trusted staff and may add a second plant if results justify it.
The Hephilscorean Dancing Association will hold a social hop at the mountain pavilion on Monday evening at five o clock. Mrs Breckinridge bhaw entertained guests Miss Strevig of York, Pa and Jea La Sfotte of Manchester, Md at a five o'clock tea yesterday.
Local notice details Prof Boyd teaching the first memory class for eight pew class members at 56 East Church street this evening at 8 o clock. It notes the 28 pupils in the first class as witnesses to the value of his instruction and urges attendance as a last opportunity. Also mentions a Baltimore and Ohio special excursion train to Pen Mar for the July 19 Reformed reunion and a gas discount notice from agent C. Ed Clingson.
A lively call urges celebration of the grand day with Bre works and CERESVILLE HOLLER FLOUR to honor America. It promises to make boys proud and wives happy by providing flour for festive baking and home cheer.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a wool goods sale or listing at a yard area once priced at 45 units, now 160. The readable text hints at material types and pricing but is incomplete and uncertain.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway will sell round trip excursion tickets to Denver from all points east of the Ohio River on July 19 20 and 21 valid for return on July 27 August 2 and 25. Additional Denver departures are offered August 8 9 and 10 with return by September 13. Fares start at 47 40 from Baltimore and Washington with several routing options including Pittsburgh and Chicago or Cincinnati and St Louis. Passengers travel on double daily through trains with Pullman sleeping and dining cars on all routes.
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